# ruTorrent

ruTorrent is a front-end for the popular Bittorrent client [rtorrent](http://rakshasa.github.io/rtorrent).

This project is released under the GPLv3 license, for more details, take a look at the LICENSE.md file in the source.

## Main features

* Lightweight server side, so it can be installed on old and low-end servers and even on some SOHO routers
* Extensible - there are several plugins and everybody can create their own one
* Nice look ;) 

## Screenshots

[![](https://github.com/Novik/ruTorrent/wiki/images/scr1_small.jpg)](https://github.com/Novik/ruTorrent/wiki/images/scr1_big.jpg)
[![](https://github.com/Novik/ruTorrent/wiki/images/scr2_small.jpg)](https://github.com/Novik/ruTorrent/wiki/images/scr2_big.jpg)
[![](https://github.com/Novik/ruTorrent/wiki/images/scr3_small.jpg)](https://github.com/Novik/ruTorrent/wiki/images/scr3_big.jpg)

## Download

 * [Development version](https://github.com/Novik/ruTorrent/tarball/develop)
 * [Stable version](https://github.com/Novik/ruTorrent/releases)

## Getting started

  * There's no installation routine or compilation necessary. The sources are cloned/unpacked into a directory which is setup as document root of a web server of your choice (for detailed instructions see the [webserver wiki article](https://github.com/Novik/ruTorrent/wiki/WebSERVER)).
  * After setting up the webserver `ruTorrent` itself needs to be configured. Instructions can be found in various articles in the [wiki](https://github.com/Novik/ruTorrent/wiki).
